Taste Los Angeles with Average Betty
 
Equipped with hard-hitting questions, one of our own took to the streets of Los Angeles in early September to taste the food scene for herself. Average Betty creator and permanent resident of Hungry Nation Sarah O’Donnell did not shy away from a tough interrogation nor a savory pork belly when she attended the four-day culinary spectacular known as “The Taste.” The Taste was the brainchild of the Los Angeles Times that featured four days, three locations and nine events full of unlimited LA food, wine, beer and spirits. Until we discover a successful means of time travel, you can drool over what could have been on The Taste’s official website.

Or, you can watch Sarah make her away around table and tent and chef to get a closer look at the best of The Taste. Join her as she explores themes like “Secrets from the Kitchen and the Cellar,” and whispers a few secrets of her own to Food Network’s Scott Conant. She also talks to such luminaries as Giada De Laurentiis, Top Chef All Star Fabio Viviani, Jet Tila of Wazuzu in Las Vegas and LA Times Deputy Food Editor Betty Hallock. True to her culinary core, Sarah keeps things spicy. We guess you’ll just have to watch to find out how the chefs answer such questions as:

  • Do you make any dishes that are as hot as you are?
  • What section of the LA Times makes the best paper-mache?
  • Does street food have the same meaning in Vegas as it does in Los Angeles?
  • Why are Italians the best chefs?

And if their responses don’t make you blush, the bountiful spread of sumptuous food will.  We don’t know about you, but we are seriously considering clearing our calendar for next year’s Taste! But also secretly crossing our fingers for time travel working out.